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Barak shrugged "It's up to you"

"Silk, you lying little thief!" a tall Nadrak in a felt coat and an outrageous fur hat exclai the body of a slain cultist "You said that they all had old chains and bracelets All this one has on hierated just a trifle, Yarblek," Silk said urbanely to his partner

"I ought to gut you, do you know that?"

"Why, Yarblek," Silk replied with feigned astonishment, "is that any way to talk to your brother?"

"Brother!" the Nadrak snorted, rising and planting a solid kick in the side of the body that had so sorely disappointed hireed ent into partnership -that ere going to treat each other like brothers"

"Don't tords on me, you little weasel Besides, I stuck a knife into me"

As the last of the trapped and outnuara, Ce'Nedra, and Errand came cautiously up the ravine, accoar reinforcely little sorcerer told Garion " I tried to hurry the, but they're very tenderhearted with their horses Where did you get all the Nadraks?"

"Silk hired thely "Mercenaries always make the best soldiers," he said

The coarse-faced Yarblek had been looking at Polgara, his eyes alight with recognition "You're still as handsoed yourme buy you?"

"No, Yarblek," she replied "Not yet, anyway You arrived at an excellent ti little thief told ed the body he was standing over with his foot "Frankly, I'ddead chickens"

Beldin looked at Garion "If you intend to see your son again before he has a full beard, you'd better get ements about the prisoners," Garion replied

"What's to arrange?" Yarblek shrugged "Line them up and chop off their heads"

"Absolutely not!"

"What's the point of fighting if you can't butcher the prisoners when it's over?"

"Someday e have some time, I'll explain it to you," Silk told hi his eyes toward the !" It was a raven-haired wo leather vest

There was at once a vast anger and an overwhelht you said we couldover the dead These ver on the Silk a flinty look

"I told you not to trust that rat-faced little sneak You're not only ugly, Yarblek, you're stupid as well"

Garion had been looking curiously at the angry woirl who danced in the tavern that tiirl's overwhel sensuality that had stirred the blood of everyestablishment

The little man nodded "She married that trapper -Tekk- but he caument with a bear a few years back, and his brother sold her to Yarblek"

"Worst mistake I ever made," Yarblek said mournfully "She's alue" He pulled back one sleeve and showed the to do was to be friendly"